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key indicators, 56–58, 57–58t,155–59tmacroeconomic impact, 147–50,148–49t, 150f, 151t, 159toil and cake markets, 101–3,157t, 161overall competitiveness, 145–47,146f, 162–63structure, performance factorsbeyond, 59–60bstructure and performance of sector,link between, xxvii–xxx,54–58, 55f, 57–58t, 154,161–64pest controls and herbicides, 106, 108,127, 128, 169, 209n73,211n90–91Plexus, 76, 93, 206n24policy considerations. See also wayforward for SSA cottonsectorsfor national monopolies, 163oil and cake markets, verticalintegration with cottonginning industry, 99–100subsidies, policy shifts in U.S. andChina and, 15Poulton, Colin, 31, 45, 87, 97, 105,117, 153prices and pricing systems, 65–72conclusions regarding, 71–72elasticities in price transmission,306n14in ESA, 68, 69t, 71–72exchange rates, xxxii, 16–19, 17–18b,19f, 153expected versus realizedperformance, 155t, 160–61external factors affecting, 15–21FOB price, 66, 70, 199–201tforward sales contracts at fixedprices, 25FOT share, 65, 68–72, 70toil and cake markets, 101–3on call pricing, 25, 167overall decline in world cottonprices, 12, 14–15, 15fquality control and price of exportedcotton, 90–92, 91–92fquality issues, 21–24, 23tstatistical tables, 182–98tvolatility in, 14–16, 15–16fway forward for, 176in WCA, 66–68, 67t, 71–72privatization of cotton companiesin ESA, 41–42in WCA, 35–36productivity, 117–22in ESA, 118–22, 118fat farm level, 168by farmer type, 121–22, 121fin global context, 118–19, 118–20f,202–3tresearch on, 105–6, 111statistical tables, 182–98t, 202–3ttypology of sector, associationwith, 122in WCA, 105, 118–22, 118f, 120f,182–98t, 202–3tprofitability, 117–37by farmer typemethodology for focus groupdiscussions, 134–37productivity, 121–22, 121freturns to farmers, 123f, 124–26t,127, 128–29, 129f, 132returns to farmers. See returns tofarmersyield. See productivityquality control, 87–96conclusions regarding, 88–89t, 96contaminated cotton, 23–24expected versus realizedperformance, 155t, 160export prices impacted by, 90–92,91–92ffiber properties, 22–23, 23tmarket demands regarding,21–24, 23tby typology of sector, 87, 88–89t,92–96, 94–95b, 166way forward in, 165–66Quton Seed Company, 110–11228 INDEX